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Name
Jonathan Roberts
Title
Leader of the Maker Mask Initiative
Bio
Jonathan Roberts brings a deep background in the technology industry and community to Maker Mask. When Rory Larson, developer of the 3D printable Maker Mask brought the idea to him, Jonathan quickly realized it had the possibility of rapidly increasing the supply of masks for the medical and general community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout this entire project, Jonathan has taken the lead in getting the template for the masks into the hands of everyone from single 3D printer enthusiasts to larger production entities.
Jonathan is a founder and partner at Ignition Partners, the Northwest’s largest venture capital firm. With more than $3 billion in committed capital across its early-stage venture funds and affiliated funds in China, Ignition focuses its investments on enterprise software companies, and has led early-stage rounds for such companies as Splunk, Docusign, Avvo and Cloudera. Jonathan led a number of these investments, most notably, Docusign, in which Ignition was the first institutional investor. Jonathan served on the company’s board for nearly 15 years.
Jonathan is also co-founder of the RPrime Foundation, a nonprofit online platform designed is to bring together groups of different traditions or beliefs so they may build productive relationships of mutual respect.
Prior to Ignition Jonathan spent 13 years at Microsoft. He led the marketing and business efforts for a number of versions of Windows, Windows NT and BackOffice. Jonathan received his bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Washington where he was also student body president. He serves on the boards of the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), Applied Precision Learning and University of Washington’s Institute of Stem Cell Research (ISCRM). Jonathan was formerly on the executive committees of The Epiphany School, The University of Washington Foundation Board and The United Nations Association of America. Jonathan is married to Elizabeth Roberts and they have three children.
Jonathan is a founder and partner at Ignition Partners, the Northwest’s largest venture capital firm. With more than $3 billion in committed capital across its early-stage venture funds and affiliated funds in China, Ignition focuses its investments on enterprise software companies, and has led early-stage rounds for such companies as Splunk, Docusign, Avvo and Cloudera. Jonathan led a number of these investments, most notably, Docusign, in which Ignition was the first institutional investor. Jonathan served on the company’s board for nearly 15 years.
Jonathan is also co-founder of the RPrime Foundation, a nonprofit online platform designed is to bring together groups of different traditions or beliefs so they may build productive relationships of mutual respect.
Prior to Ignition Jonathan spent 13 years at Microsoft. He led the marketing and business efforts for a number of versions of Windows, Windows NT and BackOffice. Jonathan received his bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Washington where he was also student body president. He serves on the boards of the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), Applied Precision Learning and University of Washington’s Institute of Stem Cell Research (ISCRM). Jonathan was formerly on the executive committees of The Epiphany School, The University of Washington Foundation Board and The United Nations Association of America. Jonathan is married to Elizabeth Roberts and they have three children.
